JP 3-16, Multinational Operations - Defense Technical Information ...

Executive Summary
coordination and collaboration with relevant agencies and
multinational partners.
Personnel Recovery
Host-Nation Support
Health Services
Noncombatant Evacuation
Operations
Personnel Support
Personnel recovery (PR) is the sum of military,
diplomatic, and civil efforts to prepare for and execute the
recovery and reintegration of isolated personnel. PR may
occur through three options (diplomatic, civil, or military)
or through any combination of these options. In
multinational operations, PR does not include
noncombatant evacuation operations (NEOs), peacetime
search and rescue, or salvage operations.
Host-nation support (HNS) will often be critical to the
success of a multinational operation. In general,
centralized coordination of HNS planning and execution
will help ensure that HNS resources are allocated most
effectively to support the MNF’s priorities. To assist the
MNFC in HNS coordination activities, an HNS
coordination cell may be established.
The medical assets committed in support of multinational
operations consist of health service delivery and force
health protection capabilities that span the OE from point
of injury/illness to the appropriate role of care. To qualify
to participate in the MNF (and for subsequent
multinational resourced medical treatment, patient
movement, and personal disability compensation),
national contingents and individuals allocated or
contracted to multinational operations must meet the basic
standards of individual health and physical fitness laid
down by the surgeon and/or the staff chief medical officer.
NEOs are principally conducted by US forces to evacuate
US citizens, but they may be expanded to include citizens
from the HN as well as citizens from other countries. In
planning for a NEO, the chief of mission, GCC, and JFC
may consider the possibility of operating with MNFs.
However, the approval for US participation in a
multinational NEO will come only from the US President.
Personnel support for multinational operations remains a
national responsibility; however, combatant commanders
and subordinate JFCs operating as part of an MNF should
establish a SOFA, memorandum of agreement, and/or
memorandum of understanding regarding personnel
support between members of any alliance and/or coalition
prior to the onset of operations that clearly define JFC
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